Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the local statutory orders for the proxy and postal voting pilots in Peterborough, Slough and Tower Hamlets.

Electoral fraud is unacceptable on any level, and vulnerabilities cannot be allowed to continue and undermine the integrity of our democracy.

In his report of his review into electoral fraud Sir Eric Pickles recommended that the requirement to provide ID in polling stations should apply to proxy voters. He also recommended that guidance should be provided in postal vote packs on the secrecy of the vote and how to report electoral fraud.

Tower Hamlets, Slough and Peterborough are piloting measures to improve the security of the postal vote process, including providing additional information in postal vote packs to help voters report any suspicions of electoral fraud.

The Orders to enable the proxy and postal voting pilots in Peterborough, Slough and Tower Hamlets have been published on gov.uk - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/postal-and-proxy-vote-pilot-schemes